# Cuts, lacerations at Oil States Energy Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021043503` · 4/28/2021 · RUSH SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Oil States Energy Services, LLC
- **Location:** Goff 3-10-15 GPS Coords 34.754726 -97.719745, RUSH SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA, 73082
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was swapping out sides of a choke manifold during drill out operations when the threaded end of a 10K needle valve parted from the end cap and struck the employee causing a laceration to the right leg.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*